83 FR 15170 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Did You Feel It? Earthquake Questionnaire

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 68 (April 9, 2018)

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are proposing to renew an information collection.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15170-15171]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07133]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 Geological Survey

[GX18RN00FUJA3; OMB Control Number 1028-0048]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Did You Feel 
It? Earthquake Questionnaire

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are proposing to renew an information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 9, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget's Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior by email at [email protected]; or 
via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. Please provide a copy of your comments 
to USGS, Information Collections Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise 
Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by email to [email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number 1028-
0048 in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact David Wald by email at [email protected], or by 
telephone at 303-273-8441. You may also view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the USGS, in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, provide the general public and other 
Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, 
and continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the 
impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the 
public's reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
December 5, 2017 (82 FR 57466). No comments were received.
    We are again soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is 
described below. We are especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the 
proper functions of the USGS; (2) will this information be processed 
and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 
(4) how might the USGS enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (5) how might the USGS minimize the 
burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use 
of information technology.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. Before including your address, phone number, email 
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you 
should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal 
identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. 
While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.
    Abstract: The U.S. Geological Survey is required to collect, 
evaluate, publish and distribute information concerning earthquakes. 
Respondents have an opportunity to voluntarily supply information 
concerning the effects of shaking from an earthquake--on themselves, 
buildings, other man-made structures, and ground effects such as 
faulting or landslides. Respondents' observations are interpreted in 
terms of numbers that measure the strength of shaking, and the 
resulting numbers are displayed on maps that are viewable from USGS 
earthquake websites. Observations are submitted via the Felt Report 
questionnaire accessed from the USGS Did You Feel It? Earthquake 
Questionnaire web pages, and may be submitted via computer or mobile 
phone. Respondents are asked to provide information on the location to 
which the report pertains. The locations may, at the respondent's 
option, be given imprecisely (city-name or postal Zip Code) or 
precisely (street address, geographic coordinates, or current

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location determined by the user's mobile phone). Low resolution maps of 
shaking based on both precise and imprecise observations are published 
for all earthquakes for which observations are submitted. For 
earthquakes felt by many respondents, the observations that are 
associated with more precise locations are used in the preparation of 
higher resolution maps of earthquake shaking.
    We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary 
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and implementing 
regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, 
``Data and information to be made available to the public or for 
limited inspection.'' Responses are voluntary. No questions of a 
``sensitive'' nature are asked. We will release data collected on these 
forms only in formats that do not include proprietary information 
volunteered by respondents.
    Title of Collection: Did You Feel It? Earthquake Questionnaire.
    OMB Control Number: 1028-0048.
    Form Number: NA.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: General public.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 200,000.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 300,000.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 3 minutes on average.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 15,000 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion, after each earthquake.
    Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: $0.00.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number.
    The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).

Linda K. Pratt,
Geologic Hazards Science Center, Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2018-07133 Filed 4-6-18; 8:45 am]
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